Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind

• Published in: Annual review of plant biology Vol. 74; pp. 609 - 633
• Main Author: Schuman, Meredith C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Annual Reviews 22.05.2023
• Subjects: ecological signaling; environmental chemistry and physics; Ozone - metabolism; plant interactions; plant volatiles; Plants - metabolism; research gaps; Signal Transduction; spatial distributions; temporal dynamics; plant volatiles; environmental chemistry and physics; ecological signaling; spatial distributions; plant interactions; research gaps; temporal dynamics

Plant volatiles comprise thousands of molecules from multiple metabolic pathways, distinguished by sufficient vapor pressure to evaporate into the headspace under normal environmental conditions. Many are implicated as ecological signals, but what is the evidence-and how do they work? Volatiles diff...